US Inflation Report Release Dates

A monthly US inflation report that includes the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) summary, calculated inflation rates and a list of decreases or increases in consumer price categories is provided by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics.

To complete the inflation report, each month the BLS surveys and collects consumer prices on various goods and services from around the United States. Results are compiled, analyzed and then published about two weeks after a month ends. Here is a grid of past and upcoming release dates for a month’s US Inflation report.

Release Dates

Reference Month

Release Times

Jan. 20, 2016

December 2015

08:30 AM

Feb. 19, 2016

January 2016

08:30 AM

Mar. 16, 2016

February 2016

08:30 AM

Apr. 14, 2016

March 2016

08:30 AM

May 17, 2016

April 2016

08:30 AM

Jun. 16, 2016

May 2016

08:30 AM

Jul. 15, 2016

June 2016

08:30 AM

Aug. 16, 2016

July 2016

08:30 AM

Sep. 16, 2016

August 2016

08:30 AM

Oct. 18, 2016

September 2016

08:30 AM

Nov. 17, 2016

October 2016

08:30 AM

Dec. 15, 2016

November 2016

08:30 AM

US Inflation Report Data

Below is an example of some BLS-watched goods and services with their price increases or decreases. The table shows average percentage changes in the CPI from the previous month. This is a section of information that was offered in the Consumer Price Index Summary as part of the BLS’s US inflation report for August 2013. The release date for this table was September 17, 2013.